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ADZE [ Ghana ]

( from: Matthew Bunson "The Vampire Encyclopedia" )

ADZEEKH [ Kitimat Indians ]

The Kitimat Indians believe that the soul of a deceased person can be unwilling to go to the Land of the Dead. The Adzeekh lingers around the place where it used to live and is dangerous because it can drag other souls along with him.
( from: Ivan A. Lopatin "The Cult of the Dead among the Natives of the Amur Basin" )

AFRIT [ Arabia ]

( from: Rosemary Ellen Guiley "The Complete Vampire Companian" )

AGRIOGOUROUNO [ Macedonia ]

A wicked person who has turned into a were-boar.
( from: Nigel Jackson "Compleat Vampyre" )

AITVAR [ Lithuania ]

Lithuanian kind of "Alp" with very big hands and feet.
( from: E. H. Meyer "Mythologie der Germanen" )

AKAKARM [ Assyria ]

( from: Robert Baudry )

AKAKHARU [ Assyria ]

( from: Ernest Jones "On the Nightmare" )

AKHKHARU [ Assyria ]

( from: Moncure Daniel Conway "Demonology and Devil Lore" )

ALB [ Germany ]

Other name for "Alp".
( from: "Handwörterbuch des deutschen Aberglaubes" )

ALF [ Germany ]

Other name for "Alp".
( from: "Handwörterbuch des deutschen Aberglaubes" )

ALFEMOE [ Iceland ]

Type of "Alp" from Iceland.
( from: E.H. Meyer "Mythologie der Germanen" )

ALGUL [ Arabia ]

( from: Dudley Wright "Vampires and Vampirism" )

ALITOS [ Cythnos - Greece ]

( from: Montague Summers "The Vampire - his Kith and Kin" )

ALOUBI [ France ]

( from: Joël Pérocheau "La Sorcellerie en Vendée" )

ALOUBY [ Aquitaine - France ]

( from: "A Dictionary of Devils and Demons" )

ALOUQÂ [ Ancient Hebrew ]

( from: Hervé Masson "Le Diable et la Possession Démoniaque" )

ALOUQUE [ Ancient Hebrew ]

( from: Bouquet "Alouqa ou la Comédie des Morts" )

ALP [ Germany ]

( from: E.H. Meyer "Mythologie der Germanen" )

ALPEN [ Germany ]

Other name for Incubi
( from: Ernest Jones "On the Nightmare" )

ALPMANN [ Germany ]

( from: Lutz Mackensen "Geister, Hexen und Zauber" )

ALUGA [ Ancient Hebrew ]

( from: Matthew Bunson "The Vampire Encyclopedia" )

ALUKA [ Ancient Hebrew ]

( from: Dudley Wright "Vampires and Vampirism" )

ALUKAH [ Ancient Hebrew ]

( from: R.E.L. Masters "Eros and Evil" )

ALVANTIN [ India ]

( from: J. Gordon Melton "The Vampire Book" )

ANAIKATOUMENOS [ Tenos - Greece ]

( from: Montague Summers "The Vampire - his Kith and Kin" )

ANAKATHOUMENOS [ Tenos - Greece ]

( from: Montague Summers "The Vampire in Europe" )

ANARRACHO [ Cythera - Greece ]

( from: Montague Summers "The Vampire - his Kith and Kin" )

ANIUKHA [ Siberia ]

Although it has never been seen by anyone, the Aniukha is supposed to be a small creature that sucks up the life blood of infants. It takes the help of a Shaman to get rid of it.

( from: Ivan A. Lopatin "The Cult of the Dead among the Natives of the Amur Basin" )

ANNIS [ Britain ]

Sorceress from British folklore who sucks the blood of children.
( from: Jean-Paul Persigout "Dictionnaire de Mythologie Celte" )

AOROI [ Ancient Greece ]

The ghosts of those who have died prematurely.
( from: E. H. Meyer "Mythologie der Germanen" )

APSARAS [ India ]

Indian type of being that is something like an "Alp" but also like an "Elf".
( from: E. H. Meyer "Mythologie der Germanen" )

ARAKH [ Cambodia ]

Powerful demons who can take possesion of your body and kill you.
( from: Pierre Bitard "Le Monde du Sorcier au Cambodge" )

ARDAT [ Assyria ]

Being that causes nightmares
( from: Ernest Jones "On the Nightmare" )

ARDAT-LILE [ Ancient Hebrew ]

( from: R.E.L. Masters "Eros and Evil" )

ARDAT LILÎ [ Babylon ]

( from: Hervé Masson "Le Diable et la Possession Démoniaque" )

ARIPA SATANEI [ Romania ]

Other name for "Samca"
( from: Adrien Cremene "Mythologie du Vampire en Roumanie" )

ARMENKI [ Bulgaria ]

Evil spirits that attack young mothers and their babies.
( from: Ivanichka Georgieva "Bulgarian Mythology" )

ASAMBOSAM [ Africa ]

( from: Norbert Borrmann "Vampirismus" )

ASANBONSAM [ Ashantiland ]

( from: Anthony Masters "The Natural History of the Vampire" )

ASASABONSAM [ Ashantiland ]

( from: Dudley Wright "Vampires and Vampirism" )

ASEMA [ Surinam ]

( from: Henri J.M. Stephen "Winti - Afro-Surinaamse religie en magische rituelen in Suriname en Nederland" )

ASEMAN [ Surinam ]

Other name for "Asema".

ASIMAN [ Dahomey ]

( from: J. Gordon Melton "The Vampire Book" )

ASUANG [ Philippines ]

Living sorcerer who drinks blood
( from: "Journal of American Folklore" )

ASWANG [ Philippines ]

( from: Harry A. Senn "Were-Wolf and Vampire in Romania" )

ASWANG MANANAGGAL [ Philippines ]

( from: Rosemary Ellen Guiley "The Complete Vampire Companian" )

ASWID [ Scandinavia ]

( from: Peter Haining "A Dictionary of Vampires" )

ATTERGANGAR [ Norway ]

( from: "Nynorskordboka" )

AUFHOCKER

( from: Wolfgang Bauer "Von denen Traktaten" )

AUFHÖCKER

Plural for "Aufhocker" - other name for "Ephialtes" or "Incubi".
( from: Johannes Praetorius "Blockes-Berge Verrichtung" )

AUTU [ Borneo ]

Being that causes nightmares
( from: Ernest Jones "On the Nightmare" )

AVALI [ Zaire ]

Plural of OMULI.
( from: Jan Knappert "African Mythology" )

AVESTITSA [ Romania ]

Other name for "Samca"
( from: Adrien Cremene "Mythologie du Vampire en Roumanie" )

AZEMAN [ Surinam ]

Other name for "Asema".

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